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WHAT ELSE [NEEDS TO BE SAID] NICE SKYDIVE, FUN [MY JM REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING
MY DIVE] ------- 360, 360, FORWARD, GO TO 6 NICE WAVE 4,500' [AT THIS LEVEL YOU
"WAVE OFF" AT 4,500', INSTEAD OF THE OLD 5-5 SIGN AT 5,500'] PULL 4,000' [AT
THIS LEVEL YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO PULL AT 4,500']
This was an incredible dive! Everything I did was crisp and smooth. The
jumpmaster let go of me right after we left the plane and moved around in front
of me. Then I did a 360 in each direction. After doing the turns, I realized
that I hadn't thought about what I needed to do to turn and to stop the turn.
My body just knew what to do. Then, I moved forward toward my instructor (that
was planned, he had purposely moved away from me). I was really moving fast as
I approached him, but when it came time to stop, I stopped. I had just decided
to stop when I noticed that my body had automatically responded to my decision
and had gone into a perfect arch position to stop the forward movement. It was
incredible. I no longer had to think at all about what to do, I just had to
think that I wanted to do something and it happened. After the forward
movement, I was on "free-time". I could do whatever I wanted to do. So, I did
some turns and spins. For example, I'd start a fast left turn, then after
turning 90 degrees, I'd crank my body even harder and go into a really fast
spin. Then, when I had spun 360 degrees (so I was facing the JM again), I'd
stop the spin. The crispness of my movements and the stability of my body was
simply incredible. The seven jumps I did before this one now seemed boring and
uneventful in comparison. WHAT A DIVE!!!
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